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Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18M.3.SL.TZ1.18b
Level SL Paper 3 Time zone TZ1
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18M.3.SL.TZ1.18b
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Outline control of digestive juice secretion so that digestive juices are only secreted into the gut when there is food present.

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a. combination of nervous AND hormonal control 

b. food in stomach stimulates chemoreceptors/stretch receptors / stretches the wall 

c. causes production of gastrin 

d. arrival of chyme to the small intestine triggers the release of hormones/secretin 

e. volume and composition of gastric juices are controlled